Abstract
This paper presents a new automatic gain control main amplifier for 10GBase-LX4 Ethernet realized in a 0.18 μm CMOS process. The proposed optical-fiber differential post-amplifier is based on a very compact inductorless design which comprises three main digitally programmable gain stages followed by a buffer. It is characterized by a -3 dB cutoff frequency above 3 GHz over a -3 to 33 dB linear-in-dB gain control. It includes a DC offset cancellation network and an automatic gain control loop which establishes a setting time below 1μs. Results show a sensitivity of 2.1 mV for BER = 10 -12 and an input dynamic range above 50 dB. The power consumption is 58 mW at a single supply voltage of 1.8 V.
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